Upon receipt of secret denunciations by a cabal at the head of which are Prince Ching, Kang Yi, President of the Board of Punishments, and General Tung Fu-hsiang, accusing Director-General Hu of the Northern Reilways of embezzling the Imperial Railway funds and making a secret alliance with Foreign Powers, the Empress Dowager issued a secret edict last night ordering the arrest of Director-General Hu for examination into his conduct, and appointing Hit Ching-cheng, ex-Minister to Germany, ete, as Acting Director-General pending the result of the investigations. It is stated that Hu's predilection for the British aroused the. jealousy of the pro-Russian clique "and these, aided by the persons above-named who headed the denunciation, caused Hu's downfall, the results of which may be very serious not only to: Hu himself but also to British prestige.
[Lo will, no doubt, be remembere! chat ELE. Hu was Govsrnor of Peking. He was removed from that post to make room for 4 Manchu, and appointed to the Tsungli Yamen, "A few days afterwards he was removed from the Yamen on the plea that his railway duties took up all his tune, and he now been sacrificed to Hai Chiny-cheng is a (Note: Kuyang and Mangeh by the rebels, ure chou prefecture. _Kanchon ict city of that prefecture, belongs to the prefecture of Féengyany.—Ep.] actor ut Sicawei Observatory Fonday, the 23ed of January, jute of the atmosphere on the 22nd—High pressures between Mongolia and Chaa. Strong monsoon in the
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